SnowdenHeroOfOurTime @ SnowdenHeroOfOurTime @unilem.org

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The person you responded to doesn't sound like that and I for sure am not. I would even be okay with higher taxes IF they were actually going to non shitty expenses. I'm simply saying I see their point. It's very fair to feel like taxes are a ripoff when they don't go toward good things so often, especially knowing the rich pay incredibly low rates compared to the rest of us

I am on the opposite side. Selection feels absolutely like the primary function, with opening a thing being secondary. If nothing else, because it's super easy to click the wrong thing and I don't want to be punished for it. Also, I want to review my options before deciding what to click, and selecting them first helps me stay focused on one thing at a time for a moment. I also often select text I'm reading in a webpage. Helps my reading comprehension

All fair points. I'm not resting on my laurels though. I'm just against the idea that we should be timid about prosecuting the motherfucker because of polls

You're right.. but isn't RCS designed to be a superset of sms, with sms being a fallback for old clients on the other end? Really I meant "there should be a standard text protocol for all devices" which is what sms was originally, it just lacked all but the most basic of features.

You just listed mostly things that already exist with sms or should exist as a standard and some of them, Google has tried with RCS but companies like apple actively refuses adoption. Yeah, you can install apps but ideally you'd not be required to, it would be a choice. Sending a text message ought to be a standard process. This is a lot of hate for the idea of standards dude.

Welcome! I'm a relative newcomer myself and have had a mostly positive experience. My computer is a joy to use now and I actually feel like I own it. Pop Os is also what I've been on for a while and I love it!

Yeah, again you're advocating for Google to be more like apple. The fact that shitty phones are allowed to exist is definitely a positive thing. Because that allows choice. Just do your research and don't buy that shitty one to begin with. Unless it's all you can afford, in which case, it probably costs less than a third of the cheapest iPhone.

It's weird to me that people use Spotify for podcasts, a free medium established 10-15 years before Spotify even added them as a feature. Why not just use one of the free podcast apps that actually are mature and also designed for podcasts to begin with?

I agree with you for the most part but it also doesn't sit right with me that sometimes realtors can make several thousand dollars for practically no work. Or in other cases, you cannot even find one if your property valuebis low. The percentage aspect is detrimental to everyone but the realtor.

If you're in a lot countries, especially the US, your taxes also go toward killing innocent people including children. I don't mind taxes at all in theory but in practice in America the fact that our infrastructure and societal support systems are in shambles doesn't make me feel like paying taxes helps anyone except the tax dodging billionaires.

You're dismissing this person's very valid concern.

You just referred to freedom as something that should be forced lol

If the trump era taught me only a couple things, one of them is that polls aren't really very useful.

Yeah I don't doubt there are some folks who now are more motivated to vote for trump.. however that really exceeds the number who turned away from him?

What other criminal in history survives literally infinite evidence against them, and not just with their existing supporters, but also that evidence actively somehow turns NEW people in their favor? AND those new people outnumber the people who finally realize the truth??I just had a literal nightmare and this scenario feels right at home in the fucked world my mind conjured.

I'm so with you. Tiny shit you take for granted on android is like pulling teeth on that bullshit OS

Thanks! Edward Snowden is definitely not well appreciated enough.

Passing/failing the same educational curriculum is about as close as you can get to objectively measuring "smart", and a professor just told you they are seeing gen z fail. Not sure why that's so easy to scoff at.

Because open standards that don't require specialized software have many advantages.. Why would you prefer proprietary software in the first place?

I want to point out two things: beyond the first OS versions, the majority of design theft was by apple. Also, iOS is unintuitive AF imo. It's not even close for me. If there's something I can't figure out on android, it's typically a weird settings organizational issue I can Google in a few seconds. On iOS, the UI feels like it was designed by someone who never uses a phone like a normal person and hides or removes super common options. I feel gross trying to use an iPhone. Like I'm in a padded room with the electrical outlets covered or some shit.

So the best thing that android does -- allowing choice -- is your issue with them? What you're asking for here is the apple business model. Absolute control. No thanks.

If your issue is you can't figure out which android phone is good, that's a you problem. Online reviews exist. Not that hard to research a phone ...

Yeah sms ought to be the standard default. Since companies like apple refused to help improve it, people like you turn to other solutions. If you use WhatsApp, you should know Facebook owns it and uses it to spy on you for profit. I'd prefer "obsolete" sms to that...

The idea that an iPhone is more secure or private is a farce you've been sold. It's true that Google makes more money off of tracking behavior and selling ads but it's absolutely laughable to believe Apple doesn't do that also. They just focus their efforts more on entrapping you in an ecosystem where you don't feel even able capable of giving another tech company money besides them. Need proof, look at the fact that lawmakers had to force them to use USBC. The excuse they gave for not doing it was flimsy af. They obviously were looking to keep profiting from their shitty lightning cables. Never once did the fact that it's outlandishly inconvenient to need a different cable than your friends with Androids for charging your phone ever register as a factor for apple. Proprietary and overpriced. That's the entire business model.